A health worker is seen wearing a PPE amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

A total of 730 new cases of COVID-19 were reported on Tuesday in Nigeria as authorities step up efforts to curb the spread of the virus in the country.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) revealed this in a Facebook post on Wednesday in its latest update on the outbreak of the disease, saying the new infections were recorded in 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

No additional death was recorded, while no new case was reported in Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, and Sokoto States.

Of the fresh infections, Lagos had 431, FCT confirmed 174, Rivers reported 38, Ogun confirmed 32, Akwa Ibom recorded 25, and Anambra had 11.

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Others states with new infections were Katsina – seven, Bayelsa – four, Niger – four, Kano – three, and Ekiti – one.

This brings the total number of cases confirmed since the outbreak of the disease in Nigeria to 218,596 confirmed from the 3,686,403 samples collected and tested by the NCDC since the outbreak of the disease in February 2020.

Of the confirmed cases, the nation’s death toll from the disease stands at 2,982 while the number of those who have been successfully treated and discharged rose to 211,254.

See the breakdown of cases according to states below:

States Affected
No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)
No. of Cases (on admission)
No. Discharged
No. of Deaths

Lagos
81,030
221
80,053
756

FCT
24,069
556
23,289
224

Rivers
13,114
153
12,807
154

Kaduna
10,198
70
10,047
81

Plateau
10,007
58
9,876
73

Oyo
8,870
94
8,585
191

Edo
6,692
84
6,328
280

Ogun
5,482
106
5,296
80

Ondo
4,591
18
4,475
98

Kano
4,453
40
4,291
122

Akwa Ibom
4,414
53
4,317
44

Delta
4,294
1,628
2,556
110

Kwara
4,004
231
3,709
64

Osun
3,036
13
2,937
86

Enugu
2,815
11
2,775
29

Gombe
2,757
28
2,669
60

Nasarawa
2,517
133
2,345
39

Anambra
2,416
11
2,386
19

Katsina
2,367
10
2,320
37

Imo
2,265
233
1,991
41

Ebonyi
2,062
26
2,004
32

Abia
2,044
11
2,002
31

Benue
1,907
370
1,512
25

Bauchi
1,817
18
1,776
23

Ekiti
1,788
17
1,743
28

Borno
1,356
12
1,306
38

Taraba
1,269
15
1,222
32

Bayelsa
1,265
21
1,216
28

Adamawa
1,157
27
1,098
32

Niger
1,077
59
998
20

Sokoto
810
0
782
28

Cross River
690
23
642
25

Jigawa
619
2
600
17

Yobe
502
3
490
9

Kebbi
470
0
454
16

Zamfara
367
4
354
9

Kogi
5
0
3
2